Shell Lubricants' Zhuhai plant goes on stream

Shell Lubricants said yesterday production had started at its lubricants complex in Guangdong province's Zhuhai, its newest in Asia, which was set up to meet growing demand in China.

With a production capacity of 200 million liters a year, and the potential for a phased development to 400 million liters annually, the complex could become one of Shell's top three lubricant blending plants worldwide in terms of volume.

The plant will be Shell's sixth in China and will produce consumer, transport, industrial and marine lubricants targeted at the domestic market.